Presiding deity is a swayambumurthy. The vimana tower above the
sanctum sanctorum is of Gajabrushta design means the back end of an elephant.
The main deity is known as Tiruvalleeswararand He is facing east and to the right is the shrine for the female deity Jagathambikai. Ambal is seen here facing towards south. A
beautiful Simha Vaahanam and Palipeetam faces the Goddess from the southern
outer corridor
Lord Vinayaka of the temple is praised as Varasiddhi Vinayaka. The Rajagopuram of the temple is of made of three
tier design.
Prayers : People pray to Lord for removal of obstacle in
wedding efforts, good health and remedy from illness. Devotees
pray to Lord Dakshinamurthy with yellow vastras seeking wisdom. It
is believed that prayer on full moon day will grant total salvation.
Planet Jupiter incurred a curse of
Menaka, wife of his elder brother. As advised by Rishi Markandeya,
he reached this place, had a dip in the sacred spring and worshipped Lord Shiva
and gained relief from the curse. It is the faith of the devotees
that praying to Jupiter in this temple would be an effective remedy for relief
from sins.
According to history, Lord Vinayaka
married Kamali and Valli, daughters of Lord Brahmma. This is
supported by the procession idol of Lord Vinayaka in this wedding form. The
temple assumes more importance as it is situated around 11 sacred places as a
garland. It is the staunch faith of the devotees that a visit and
worship in the temple would benefit them with total salvation. Jupiter
shrine in the prakara is facing Lord Shiva?s shrine with another shrine for Sri
Anjaneya in a worshipping form.
Lord Shiva is entitled for all
pujas He is praised as Bali (puja) Thayer is entitled and praised as Bali Thayer.
Bharadwajar, son of Jupiter was born as the son of a sparrow (Kari
Kuruvi) also Valian in Tamil. Saddened by his birth as a sparrow, he worshipped Lord Shiva
in many sacred places. When he came to this place, he found a Shivalinga under aKondrai tree and worshipped Him. Lord Shiva appeared before Bharadwajar and made him the leader
of birds. Based on this story, the place is called Valithayam and the
Lord Valianathar.
